• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

CASE act (copyright small claims) passes US House

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Great news of a major win for chasers and content creators this week from the US House of Representatives: the CASE Act has passed with overwhelming support and is headed to the Senate!


For more info on this bill, see our previous thread on the issue:

 
As usual, we have some opposition to this from the likes of the Electronic Frontier Foundation brewing now that the bill is apparently on the verge of succeeding. Take note of who is opposing it: it is nearly all supported by big Tech companies, the media and their interests - that is, those who are currently profiting the most from stolen content. They are mostly making the claims that the law will make it easy for big companies to go after individuals for small-time offenses like posting a photo to a personal Facebook feed.

The reality is that the law is set up to prevent this. Anti-trolling measures to hold serial abusers accountable is built into the legislation. Here is a good overview:


Furthermore, these arguments always minimize the potential harm in even an individual sharing a copyrighted photo or video can cause. If that second copy goes viral instead of the creator's original on Youtube for example, the creator could lose thousands in monetized revenue. Instead of using this bill to scare the populace into opposing it, they should be using it to educate people about respecting others' intellectual property.
 
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